Improvement in clothes-wringers



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Impwve'mn in Clothes-Wringers. N0. ZBMQ. PatentedJAune181-872..

DAVID M. COLE, OF ELGIN, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN CLOTHES-WRINGERS.

Specification forming part of Y Letters Patent No. 128,119, dated J une 18, 1872.

To all whom it may conce/ra:

Be it known that I, DAVID M. COLE, of Elgin, in the county of Kane and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Clothes-Wringer; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, in which- Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my improved machine. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same; and Fig. 3 is a plan View of the pressure-block detached from the machine.

Similar letters of reference in the accompanying drawing indicate the same parts.

My invention has for its object to improve the construction of clothes-wringers, in several important particulars, for the purpose of rendering theigq operation more complete and eii'ective. It therefore consists, first, Vin the improved metliod of hanging and adjusting the upper or pressingroller; secondly, in the means employed for attaching the machine to a tub or other support; and, thirdly, in the application of guards to prevent the clothes from being caught between the ends of the rollers and the frame of the machine.

In the drawing, A are the end pieces of the frame, connected at their upper ends by a bar, B, upon their straight sides by two parallel strips, C, and upon their shouldered sides by the strip D. E is an inclined board, held between the end pieces below the strip D for the purpose of guiding the clothes in their passage from the rollers. F li are the wringing-rollers, placed one above the other, with their journals in the vertical slots of the end pieces. The journals of the lower roller rest upon the bottom of the slots, so that the roller itself shall extend to or little over the inner edge of the inclined guide-board E. G is a pressure-bar, fitted loosely within the slots of the end pieces below the bar B, and adapted to receive at its ends the stems of the blocks H, which bear upon the journals of the upper roller. These stems are surrounded by spirals springs I, which exert their force against the bar and the shoulders of the blocks. J is a cam-lever, pivoted within the bar B so as to bear upon the upper side of the pressurebar for the purpose of adjusting the tension of the springs and regulating the pressure of the upper roller upon the clothes.

The pressure-blocks are guided in their move ments by the side tongues la fitting within grooves L formed in the proximate faces of the slots. The grooves terminate about midway of the slots to permit the removal of the pressure-blocks for any purpose when the latter are lifted above the ends of the grooves.

`M are vertical guards, connecting the side strips C of the frame ya short distance from theend pieces A to prevent the clothes, during the -process of wringing, from being caught and injured between the frame and the ends of the rollers.

In order to apply the wringer to a tub, the lower ends of the frame are formed with oblique notches or recesses N to fit over the curved edge of the tub, and within each notch is pivoted a pendent metal plate, O. When the frame is fitted over the edge ofthe tub the metal plates bear against the outside of the latter, and are clamped firmly thereto by the cam-levers P, pivoted in the outer leg of the end pieces, as shown in the drawing.

While the employment of the pivoted plates affords secure means for fastening the end pieces, they also prevent the tub from being injured by the action of the cam-levers.

In operating the wringer a crank is applied to the journal of the lower roller, and the -I clothes fed between the rollers from .thatl side containing the guards M, as will be readily understood.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is-.

1,. The spring-blocks H for the journals of the upper roller, and the slotted end pieces A of the frame when the latter are formed with short grooves l to receive the tongues k of the blocks, so that, by lifting the latter above the grooves, they may be removed from the upper roller and pressure-bar, as herein shown and described.

2. The wringing-machine, having one side of the frame composed wholly of the parallel strip C, connected together by the short vertical rods M, as herein shown and described.

3. In combination with the recessed end pieces A and the cam-levers P, I claim the pivoted pendent plates O, substantially as described, for the purpose specified.

Witnesses: DAVID M. COLE.

N. E. Woons, D. W. Noaars. 

